IDENTIFY THE KEYBOARD thread

Blaise170 · 14 Jun 2018, 15:07

Not quite what I meant, ancient Greek is different enough from modern Greek that they are still distinct. Similarly, a modern English speaker will almost certainly have problems translating an olde English text.

Se wisa wer timbrode his hus ofer stan.
Þa com þær micel flod, and þær bleowon windas, and ahruron on þæt hus, and hit ne feoll: soþlice, hit wæs ofer stan getimbrod.

Þa timbrode se dysiga wer his hus ofer sandceosol. Þa rinde hit, and þær com flod, and bleowon windas, and ahruron on þæt hus, and þæt hus feoll; and his hryre wæs micel.

hrbatik.h · 14 Jun 2018, 21:32

thanks to all for help with identify of keyboard

Felima · 14 Jun 2018, 23:21

Hello everyone could you help me identify these keyboards? Someone is selling them in auction for super cheap. So I wanted to know if it's worth bidding. Thank you

davkol · 15 Jun 2018, 11:32

The first is a Qtronix.

Felima · 15 Jun 2018, 14:17

Okay he sent me photos of the keyboards from behind. I think the Lite-On SK-0002 is mechanical with white alps. I don't know about the others though.

Keybug · 15 Jun 2018, 19:44

Hey.

- Stay away from Compaq boards unless it's the Cherry-made server board with the integrated trackball at the bottom right, which has yummy vintage MX brown switches.
- That particular Qtronix seems to be a rubber dome, as indicated by the 'R' after the model number.
- One is this: wiki/Tai-Hao_APC_semi-mechanical_keyboard.
- This should be the only one worth getting: wiki/Lite-On_SK-0002

Cheers

Felima · 15 Jun 2018, 19:47

Thank you so much. I convinced him to only send me the Lite-On one

snufflecat · 16 Jun 2018, 17:45

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Could these keycaps be compatible with something modern?

Felima · 16 Jun 2018, 17:49

Hello everyone I have a question. Is this a real deal model F? It's selling for 10$ but it's missing the IBM logo so I want to know if it is really it. Thank you

Myoth · 16 Jun 2018, 17:51

yes it is, pick it up, you've got a nice deal right there !

Felima · 16 Jun 2018, 17:51

I am going for it. He said that it's like brand new and in box

blonskyy · 17 Jun 2018, 15:12

Hello, can you tell me what this keyboard and switch is? First I thought the switch is SMK Alps mount but the housing is slightly different

Chyros · 17 Jun 2018, 16:21

That's an Ortek MCK-101, but I have no idea what the switch is, I've never seen it before Oo .

codemonkeymike · 17 Jun 2018, 16:45

Looks like it could be an SMK 2nd Gen (Monterey blue), hard to tell because the color balance. You could try to take a pic in the sunlight with a white postcard next to it. Use the postcard to balance the white levels. Maybe pull off a few more keycaps while your at it.

Noobmaen · 17 Jun 2018, 17:00

Chyros wrote: ↑That's an Ortek MCK-101, but I have no idea what the switch is, I've never seen it before Oo .

Is it an MCK-101 though? I have only seen those with 3 indicator lights, while this has 4

Chyros · 17 Jun 2018, 17:20

Noobmaen wrote: ↑
Chyros wrote: ↑That's an Ortek MCK-101, but I have no idea what the switch is, I've never seen it before Oo .
Is it an MCK-101 though? I have only seen those with 3 indicator lights, while this has 4

If it's not that it's a clone; I've seen boards like it with 4 lock lights that even have the same shortcut cards and everything.

@Mike; no way they're Montereys, the whole shape of the switch is off.

blonskyy · 17 Jun 2018, 17:37

I got a better pic from the seller.

Noobmaen · 17 Jun 2018, 18:00

Appears to be a KPT-like switch, I found the same model of keyboard with a differently coloured but similar switch here: https://www.cool3c.com/article/64577
wiki/Micronorth_MCL-5165

Polecat · 17 Jun 2018, 18:04

blonskyy wrote: ↑I got a better pic from the seller.

Unbranded KPT?

wiki/KPT_switch

Here's the branded version:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/KPT-84-Compact ... SwdxZbDv9S

blonskyy · 17 Jun 2018, 19:33

Polecat wrote: ↑
blonskyy wrote: ↑I got a better pic from the seller.
Unbranded KPT?

wiki/KPT_switch

Here's the branded version:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/KPT-84-Compact ... SwdxZbDv9S

KPT doesn't have indentation in top housing

Noobmaen wrote: ↑Appears to be a KPT-like switch, I found the same model of keyboard with a differently coloured but similar switch here: https://www.cool3c.com/article/64577
wiki/Micronorth_MCL-5165

I think this is it, thanks

snufflecat · 17 Jun 2018, 21:23

snufflecat wrote: ↑
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Could these keycaps be compatible with something modern?

Quoting myself in hopes of a reply.

Dingster · 17 Jun 2018, 21:25

snufflecat wrote: ↑
snufflecat wrote: ↑
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Could these keycaps be compatible with something modern?
Quoting myself in hopes of a reply.

Maybe maybe very maybe topre. Buts thats about it haha

Tha_Pig · 19 Jun 2018, 04:16

My brother sent me these he found at work. I have been searching around and I found confusing and contradictory info on this one. Anyone knows anything about it?

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elecplus · 19 Jun 2018, 06:41

Lucent was a division of AT&T. They used comcodes (the cc number on the label). If you want to know what it is used for you can do a web search for the comcode, or if that fails I can give u an email for an old AT&T dealer friend in TX.

Noobmaen · 19 Jun 2018, 13:06

Tha_Pig wrote: ↑My brother sent me these he found at work. I have been searching around and I found confusing and contradictory info on this one. Anyone knows anything about it?

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This is a wyse pce rebrand, should be the PC compatible version. Switches are MX black

Tha_Pig · 19 Jun 2018, 13:15

elecplus wrote: ↑Lucent was a division of AT&T. They used comcodes (the cc number on the label). If you want to know what it is used for you can do a web search for the comcode, or if that fails I can give u an email for an old AT&T dealer friend in TX.

Thanks for the information. I don't have the keyboards yet, my brother lives in another town so he has to mail them to me.
I'll check for those codes as soon as I get them.

Tha_Pig · 19 Jun 2018, 13:16

Noobmaen wrote: ↑

This is a wyse pce rebrand, should be the PC compatible version. Switches are MX black[/quote]

Thanks a lot for the information!

xxhellfirexx · 19 Jun 2018, 18:51

Anyone knows which switches these have?

https://m.ebay.com/itm/RARE-VINTAGE-XT- ... noapp=true

Noobmaen · 19 Jun 2018, 18:55

xxhellfirexx wrote: ↑Anyone knows which switches these have?

https://m.ebay.com/itm/RARE-VINTAGE-XT- ... noapp=true

I believe these have rubberdomes like these, which are confirmed to be rubberdome. It appears to be older, so it might have Siemens STB 21 instead.

snufflecat · 19 Jun 2018, 20:13

Anyone recognise the little keyboard on the top?

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